Bible Reading: Proverbs 13
Key Verse: Verse 6 – “Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.”
Key Words: Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way
Chapter thirteen of
Proverbs deals with the subject of truth.
There is a truth about listening (verse 1), a truth about living (verse
2), a truth about laziness (verse 4), a truth about lying (verse 5), and a
truth about limits (verse 6), and so it goes throughout the chapter.
It’s the truth about
limits I would like for us to look at in today’s devotion.
If you would look again at
the word righteousness in our text verse, it is a judicial word meaning to make
Godly decisions. Then notice the word
upright, it carries the idea of being whole, not divided. I believe the principle is clear – Godly decisions
keep you whole.
Every one of us needs to
set some limits for ourlife: things we will not do, places we will not go,
words we will not use, clothing we will not wear. Without limis we find ourselves in a constant
quandary.
As a boy growing up in
south Alabama, I lived in an area that allowed me the space to run in open
fields, but I also was able to hide in the woods. It was certainly a good life for a young
boy. One of the things I would do was to
catch the field larks that would fly into th fields for their early morning
breakfast. I would put a cardboard box
out, stick a stick under it to hold it up, tie a string around the stick, and
then I would take the string and hide.
In order to lure the field larks into the box, I would put one of
Mother’shomemade biscuits under it. Sure
enough, when they flew in, they couldn’t resist Mom’s biscuit. I would occasionally tag the birds I caught
with a little band around their leg. You
know, I was continually catching saome of the same birds oven and over
again. You know, the same thing happens
to us. Satan constantly puts out the
lures and because we have not limits, we continually find ourselves trapped and
in distress.
Today I challenge you to
live your life with limits. The only
other option is to live a life of spiritual defeat.
What to
do:
✞Write down your limits an dstick to
them.
✞Pray for God’s power daily to stay
within those limits.
✞Stay away from compromising situations.
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